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Green Energy Today

The most popular form of Green Energy today is Solar Energy with an estimated 700 GW (gigawatts) of annual capacity globally.

Here's a rough estimate of the global capacity for each of these forms of green energy:

  • Solar Energy: 700 GW (gigawatts)
  • Wind Energy: 600 GW
  • Hydro Energy: 1,200 TWh (terawatt-hours)
  • Geothermal Energy: 12 GW
  • Biomass Energy: 60 GW

1 GW is equal to approximately 8.76 TWh


These numbers are constantly changing as new projects come online and technology improves.


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Sources: BloombergNEF, Wood Mackenzie, Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC), International Energy Agency (IEA)